5 string fretless on the cheap?

ok, i was planning on getting a Warwick Streamer Standard 5 string fretless with 2 pickups and then dropping a preamp into it, but (depending on how much the pre affects it) may make the bass cost more than it sounds. (depending on how much i can get the bass for, i suppose)

if i can find another fretless warwick for around the same price used, i'll go for it. if not - what are some fretless 5 string basses that are around that same price? i want something that sounds warwicky, active, 34" scale, two pickups preferably, and also preferably natural finished.

Look into the cort artisan ... i think the fretless is the fl5 ?? theyre mentioned in other threads ... a search on "embellisher" (the member) and "artisan" should turn up something.

I recently got a new cort artisan 5 string fretted for around the price of a MIM fender jazz ... that's $1350 Aus, or around $650 US. I dig it totally, though it has a heavy body and gets a little hiss through the preamp if the treble's up, it has a good range of sounds, all bart electronics, is neck through maple / wenge with rosewood fingerboard and very nice construction ... definitely a great 5 for its price point. Will write a full review maybe soon ...

Originally posted by Warwick5S it looks good, and arent the bart mk1's the same thing that the lakland skyline 55-01 has?...any idea if they make the 5 in a fretless tho?

jason

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They used to make it in a fretless, I have played them at Mars in the past. But I don't know if they still do. With Cort, the website isn't 100% reliable. It doesn't show the Cort Curbow 6 string, and that bass has been around for 2 years.

I am not sure if those are the same electronics as the 55-01 has, but I do know that the few times that I have plugged one of those basses in they sounded killer.

I have been looking for a good 5 string fretless also and have been having a hard time finding one I am happy with in a fretless. I have only played one fretles that I like and that is a Zon. But after doing alot of looking and contacting manufactures to find out if they have the bass I was interested in as a fretless and finding out they didn't. I think I have finally decided on what to get that I think I will be happy with. I am going this weekend to test it out and see. I decided on a Peavey Cirrus 5 string fretless.

They used to make it in a fretless, I have played them at Mars in the past. But I don't know if they still do. With Cort, the website isn't 100% reliable. It doesn't show the Cort Curbow 6 string, and that bass has been around for 2 years.

I am not sure if those are the same electronics as the 55-01 has, but I do know that the few times that I have plugged one of those basses in they sounded killer.

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did it have a wenge neck? what fingerboard wood is used on the fretless?

i REALLY need to track one of these down. even the bridge looks kinda warwicky